John F Kennedy Memorial Fund — Education Charity in Wellington
John F Kennedy Memorial Fund is a Trust charity in the Education sector, based in Wellington, Wellington. This organisation also provides funding to other charities. CharityData rates this charity C+ (68.5/100). Annual revenue: $0.0M NZD. Financial data as at September 2025.
Mission: The fund was established “for the purpose of bringing eminent Americans to New Zealand for speaking and teaching engagements in honour of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy”.
- Registration Number
- CC27241
- Charity Type
- Trust
- Registration Date
- 2008-06-30
- Status
- Active
- CharityData Rating
- C+ (68.5/100)
- Sector
- Education
- Location
- Wellington, Wellington
- Website
- http://www.fulbright.org.nz
- accounts@fulbright.org.nz
- Funder Status
- Grant-making charity (endowment)
- Data as at
- September 2025
Beneficiaries: General public, Other - All
Financial Summary
- Total Revenue
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Expenses
- $0.0M NZD
- Total Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Net Assets
- $0.3M NZD
- Reserve Months
- 1688.5 months of operating expenses
- Financial Year End
- 2025-09-30
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2024 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2023 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2022 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2021 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2020 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2019 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2018 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.3M |
| 2017 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
| 2016 | $0.0M | $0.0M | $0.2M |
CharityData Rating
- Overall Grade
- C+
- Overall Score
- 68.5/100
- Financial Score
- 70
- Governance Score
- 65
- Transparency Score
- 65
Board Members and Officers
Current Officers (6)
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Jennifer Curtin | Trustee | 2023-11-30 |
| Alastair Bisley | Trustee | 2023-11-30 |
| Christina Riesselman | Trustee | 2022-12-01 |
| Rangi Matamua | Trustee | 2021-12-01 |
| Jocelyn Woodley | Trustee | 2019-11-01 |
| Travis Horton | Trustee | 2011-06-01 |
Former Officers (41)
- Leslie Goodman — Trustee (departed 2023-06-30)
- Anne Noble — Trustee (departed 2022-12-01)
- Wendy Larner — Trustee (departed 2023-07-31)
- Katelyn Choe — Trustee (departed 2021-10-31)
- Dolores Prin — Trustee (departed 2020-03-26)
- Emily Fabling — Trustee (departed 2021-07-09)
- Jan Dawson — Trustee (departed 2018-11-01)
- Helen Robinson — Trustee (departed 2018-11-01)
- Harold Josephson — Trustee (departed 2020-03-11)
- Melanie Higgins — Trustee (departed 2018-07-31)
- Richard Kay — Trustee (departed 2019-09-26)
- Felicity Buchanan — Trustee (departed 2015-12-02)
- Candy Green — Trustee (departed 2015-12-02)
- Robert Tate — Trustee (departed 2018-09-30)
- Julie Genter — Trustee (departed 2017-11-30)
- Jane Coombs — Trustee (departed 2014-12-03)
- Marie Damour — Trustee (departed 2014-12-03)
- Anne Jackson — Trustee (departed 2017-06-30)
- Manulani Meyer — Trustee (departed 2014-12-03)
- David Edginton — Trustee (departed 2014-06-24)
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John F Kennedy Memorial Fund
Financial data as at September 2025. Sourced from Charities Services register.
Reasons to look carefully (1)
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- No chair recorded on the registerNo chair or presiding role is recorded in the register for this board of 6. The Charities Register does not require one to be identified, so this is a gap in the public record rather than a finding about the board.
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Financial data from Charities Services annual return (FY2025). Ratings calculated using CharityData v3.1.1 methodology.
Grant-Making Trust
Special Entity TypeThis trust makes grants to other organizations. It does not deliver programs directly.
Funder Profile
GrantmakerThis organisation makes grants or donations to other charities and organisations.
About
The fund was established “for the purpose of bringing eminent Americans to New Zealand for speaking and teaching engagements in honour of the late President John Fitzgerald Kennedy”.
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